Raft
41raft — [15] The ancestor of raft meant ‘beam, rafter’. This was Old Norse raptr. Not until it got into English, apparently, was it used for a ‘craft made by tying logs together’. (It should not, incidentally, be confused with the mainly American raft… …
42Raft — Reave Reave (r[=e]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reaved} (r[=e]vd), {Reft} (r[e^]ft), or {Raft} (r[.a]ft) (obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reaving}.] [AS. re[ a]fian, from re[ a]f spoil, plunder, clothing, re[ o]fan to break (cf. bire[ o]fan to deprive of);… …
43Raft — Recorded in the spellings of Raft, Roft, Rafter, Raftiss and Wrafter, this may be an English or possibly Irish surname. If English it is derived from the pre 7th century Norse Viking word raftr meaning a roof made of sloping beams, and hence was… …
44raft — Synonyms and related words: Carling float, balsa, balsa raft, barge, batch, boat, bob, boom, buoy, bus, cart, coach, considerable, cork, deal, dray, ferry, float, gobs, good deal, great deal, haul, heap, heaps, lashings, life buoy, life preserver …
45raft — ræft /rÉ‘Ëft n. primitive boat made from buoyant material fastened together to make a platform; large number of things, a collection, great quantity (Informal) v. travel by raft, float on a raft …
46raft — raft1 noun 1》 a flat buoyant structure of timber or other materials fastened together, used as a boat or floating platform. ↘a small inflatable boat. 2》 a floating mass of fallen trees, ice, etc. 3》 a foundation of reinforced concrete for a… …
47raft-up — noun a) The roping together of a number of small vessels to form a raft like structure b) A social gathering based upon such a structure …
48RAFT — Recurrent Atrial Fibrillation Trial; Rythmol SR Atrial Fibrillation Trial * * * (raft) a floating platform or similar structure composed of an aggregate of buoyant materials …
49raft — n A large number. He had a whole raft of chickens in the back yard. 1830s …
50raft — I n 1. floating platform, float, kelek, pontoon, Naut. catamaran. 2. life raft, rowboat. II n Informal. lot, heap, pile, stack, batch, ton …
